Benwell, Condercum Fort, Roman grave containing lead coffin

HER Number:
5271

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Roman grave containing lead coffin

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Grave

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A stone lined grave containing a lead coffin (held in Museum of Antiquities - no. 1935.11) for a child. Found 64 metres south-east of the south-east corner of the fort, 46 metres from the apse of the Temple of Antenociticus (HER 5266).

Easting:
2166

Northing:
6464

Grid Reference:
NZ21666464

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5271 >> Proceedings Society Antiquities Newcastle, 1935, 4, ser 7, 1935, p50-54 Tyne and Wear Museums, 1991, The Roman Fort at Benwell and Its Environs, A survey of the extent and presentation of the archaeological remains